jbotti wrote:I really don't know how many times it needs to be said or for how long you will continue to feel the need to defend your purchase and stated enjoyment of the Head Titan
... but I currently ski (or will, when the snow arrives!) an i.Speed and before that the TT800. "PMTS" enough for you? The Titan is my "powder" ski, such as powder is in NE.
The comment further down about a reverse camber ski "not PMTS" would be true (and I actually deleted a line in my post specifically calling out "all skis except for reverse camber" because I had that in there more as a joke and thought even then that detracted from a serious discussion. BTW there is somebody on another forum who is an indie builder who seems to be trying out a reverse camber reverse sidecut design. What has the world come to?)
One wonders if the current FIS GS and SG skis would be considered "PMTS"; clearly these skis, driven by the "best skiers in the world" who by definition use PMTS, are not exactly what you would recommend to the average punter. So that's at one side of the scale of what's "PMTS" ... if you allow them to be called "PMTS". At the other end are the powder pontoon boats. No argument there: not "PMTS". I have no experience with them and can't say what would happen trying to pull a super phantom on the groomed!
What the maximum width of what's "PMTS" escapes definition especially since length plays as much a role as width. Are there "PMTS" lengths as well?
I've had the impression that the sweet spot for "PMTS" skis is sub-70 or at the most sub-72. Yes, the industry is pulling back from the recent wide-body fetish, but it seems to be settling in on a minimum more in the 76 range (@ 14-16m). Even the i.Speed has "fattened" to 68. I'm thinking that the classic "PMTS" ski may be harder and harder to find as we go forward. Time to stock up?